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Good luck, and have fun. FWIW Bzuk (talk) 21:29, 17 March 2009 (UTC).[reply]

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Wikipedia much prefers actual content to external links from random newspapers, like the ones you're adding to Legacy.com obituaries. We also prefer that links go directly to the newspaper's website, rather than to a third-party provider. See the external links guidelines. I noticed your link addition at Miriam Makeba and that that the link was redundant, so I removed it. I also removed a couple of the other links you added, before realising what Legacy.com was. I don't think it's appropriate to link there, unless a newspaper with unique information for a Wikipedia article is only available there. Graham87 02:43, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the explanation. I didn't realise that reference #9 in Miriam Makeba was a dead link, and I've replaced it with your suggested link in this edit. That's the preferred way to handle dead links in Wikipedia, if possible. It's also considered a good idea to use an edit summary, so other editors know what you are doing. Graham87 23:29, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

September 2009

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Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to Legacy.com. While objective prose about products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Thank you. Your edits appear to be related with adding links to Legacy.com. Please see WP:COI and WP:ADVERT for information on adding commercial links to articles. Flowanda | Talk 04:29, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion is here. Flowanda | Talk 08:21, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]